Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '18 at 17:44
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 145 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 439 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 2376) 2GB CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1755 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 37.7 Parallax 34.2 34% 37.8 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 36.3 Splatting 37.3 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XTi 480GB-$247 664 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 340 325 297 285 270 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 314 Write 301 Mixed 231 SusWrite 284 64% 282 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 30.2 104% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 26.1 29% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 112%
Corsair Neutron XTi 480GB-$247 664 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 308GB free Firmware: SAFC02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 351 332 313 313 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 320 Write 308 Mixed 241 SusWrite 302 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 30.9 110% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 28.6 31% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16